Translational Research Grants Scheme Round 5 Overview

Dr Stephanie Blows, Principal Policy Officer

Office for Health and Medical Research

Translational Research Grants Scheme (TRGS)• Competitive research grants• For staff employed within the NSW public health system

• LHDs• Specialty Health Networks• NSW Ambulance• NSW Health Pathology

• Medical, nursing, allied health, population health practitioners• Up to $1 million over 2.5 years• Total funding pool $5 - $8 million per year• 62 projects over four funding rounds, worth $30m

Purpose of TRGS• Research projects that will translate into better patient outcomes improve the delivery of health services improve population health and wellbeing

• High quality research• Relevant to the health system – research priority areas• Potential to be translated into policy and practice• Reduce time from evidence generation to implementation• Enhance research capability and capacity in the NSW health system

TRGS Round 5 Priorities1. Alcohol and other drugs2. Integrated Care3. Potentially preventable hospitalisations4. Pregnancy and the first 2000 days5. Value Based Health Care6. Aboriginal health7. Local priorities

Local priorities• Articulated in local health plan

• A clinical or other identified health priority for the host organisation

• Clear justification of why the issue is a priority

• Consideration of other sites and organisations

Study types• Translational research and research that can be

translated Randomised controlled trials Pragmatic clinical trials Implementation science Health services research Population health research Proof of concept studies

Out of scope• Basic science research• Research occurring only in a primary health care

network• Commercially-sponsored clinical trials• Descriptive research – ‘idea generation’ or

‘monitoring’• Projects with a primary focus on cancer • Projects where the host LHD is not responsible for

implementation of the research findings

Application and review

Expression of Interest

Up to 5 per organisation

EOI PanelMinistry branches

Other agencies

Full applicationFeedback

Expert Review panelCEs, academics

Recommendations for funding

HNE LHD

FW LHDMNC LHD

MLHD

NNSW

WNSW

SNSWCCLHD

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SLHD

NSLHD

SES

WSLHD

NSW HPSCHN

JUSTICE SVHN

TRGS FUNDING BY LHD/NETWORK, 2016-2019

EOI datesStage 1 – Expression of Interest Date

Call for Expressions of Interest 27 Feb 2020

EOIs submitted to TRGS coordinator 9 April 2020

Internal selection process, liaison with pillars and partners

9 April – 4 May

Chief Executive sign off period 5 May – 11 May

EOIs submitted to NSW Ministry of Health 13 May 2020

EOI review period May – July 2020

Full Application DatesStage 2 – Full Application Date

Invitation to progress to Full Application, feedback provided

31 July 2020

Full application prepared and feedback addressed August – September 2020

Host organisation sign off period 21 - 25 September 2020

Partner organisation sign off period 28 September – 2 October 2020

Full applications submitted to NSW Ministry of Health

6 October 2020

Assessment by Expert Review Panel October – November 2020

Applicants notified of outcome December 2020

Round 5 projects commence Jan - Feb 2021

Round 5 projects end June 2023

Updates for Round 5 - TimingFunding tranche Timing of payment Approximate

proportion of total funding

Initial payment for establishment phase Jan-Feb 2021 20%

Second payment July 2021 40%

Third payment July 2022 40%

Selection criteria

•Selection Criteria Section of

EOI Application

Form

Evidence base and research question CResearch design, methods and proposed intervention DNew evidence/health impact evidence ETeam, partners and timeframe FResearch implementation GBudget H

PhD Students• Consider including a PhD student in the budget• Academic supervisor at a partnering university• $20,000 per year for 3-4 years in TRGS budget• University matches funding• Further details at full application stage

Intellectual property• Intellectual property (IP) arrangements should be agreed

between the host and partner organisations, according to local policy

• IP arrangements must cover both background IP and IP that is developed during the project

• The arrangements should be detailed in the application, if applicable

• IP support through OHMR • IP policy and support service under development

Project Aim: Write the overall aim of the project here.

Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes

Funding: List funding amount and sources (include NSW Health funding and other funding) here Staff resources: List key project staff here Other project resources: List other in-kind resources (e.g. equipment) provided by other sources here Partners/Collaborators: List organisations who are partnering/collaborating on your project here

List the activities required to produce program outputs here

Short Term

List short term outcomes (impacts) of the project that are required to meet long term outcomes (impacts) here

Long term

List long term outcomes (impacts) of the project here

List the deliverables of your project (products or services) needed to achieve short term outcomes (impacts) here

Assumptions: Identify assumptions here (i.e. What assumptions are made about the link between: inputs and activities, activities and outputs, outputs and short term outcomes, short term outcomes and long term outcomes? Are these assumptions supported by evidence?)

Example program logic

Morris RL et al. Injury Prevention 2014;0:1-8.

TRGS 5 – Aboriginal health focus• Building an Aboriginal Health focus in TRGS• Joint work with the Centre for Aboriginal Health• All TRGS projects will complete an Aboriginal Health Impact

Statement at Full Application stage• New resource ‘Conducting Translational Research with Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander Communities or People’ – available soon on education hub

www.medicalresearch.nsw.gov.au/translational-research-grants-scheme/